HC Deb 28 March 2001 vol 365 cc633-4W
Mr. Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which firms have provided testing of(a) ash residues and (b) air emissions at the Byker, Edmonton, SELCHP, Tyseley and Teesside incinerators since 1996. [155336]

Mr. Meacher

[holding answer 26 March 2001]: The information is as follows:

Tyseley

  1. (a)The firm that has provided testing of ash residues is EUS Ltd.
  2. (b)The firms that have provided testing of air emissions are:
    • CRE Group Ltd. for the Environment Agency
    • EUS Laboratories Ltd. for Tyseley Waste Disposal (the operator) and during commissioning for Birwelco (the construction engineers)
    • AEA Technology for Birwelco during commissioning

Byker

  1. (a) The firm that has provided testing of ash residues from is Energy Supplies Lid. Analysis was carried out by the former Warren Springs Laboratories.
    • Ash analyses have also been carried out by the Environment Agency's own laboratories as part of the Agency's prosecution investigation (court date adjourned to 1 May).
  2. (b) The firms that have provided testing of air emissions are:
    • NIFES Ltd., Altrineham 1992–93
    • EUS Laboratories Ltd., Manchester 1994–95
    • EMCO Ltd., Reading 1996 to present.
    • In 1995 HM Inspectorate of Pollution engaged ENTEC, Newcastle, to carry out stack monitoring as a check against the operator's own compliance monitoring.

SELCHP

  1. (a)The firms that have provided testing of ash residues are:
    • WRc/Rechem
    • AEA Technology
  2. (b)The firms that have provided testing of air emissions are:
    • AEA Technology
    • EUS Laboratories Ltd.
    • CRE Group Ltd.

Edmonton

  1. (a) The firms that have provided testing of ash residues are:
    • BCRA
    • CRE Group Ltd.
  2. (b)The firms that have provided testing of air emissions are:
    • Symonds Travis Morgan
    • EUS Laboratories Ltd.
    • Resources Environmental Consultants Ltd
    • CRE Group Ltd.

Teesside

  1. (a) The firms that have provided testing of ash residues are:
    • Analytical and Environment Services Ltd. (AES Ltd.)
    • EUS Laboratories Ltd.
  2. (b)The firm that has provided testing of air emissions is AES Ltd.